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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Hearthstone - Upcoming Balance Change to Undertaker

After the release of Goblins vs Gnomes, we kept an eye on the state of
game balance as more matches were played with the new cards we
introduced to Hearthstone. After careful consideration we have decided
to make a balance change to the card Undertaker.

The following balance change will be made in an upcoming patch:

Undertaker now reads: Whenever you summon a minion with Deathrattle, gain +1 Attack.

Undertaker
was frustrating to play against. It often gained both Attack and Health
stats significantly above those of other inexpensive minions very early
in the game. With this change, we expect Undertaker will still be
better than other 1-Mana minions when played in a deck with a
Deathrattle theme, but more likely to die in combat against other
minions.

The golden version of Undertaker can be disenchanted for its full cost for a limited time once this balance change goes live.

We
will continue to make balance changes to Hearthstone when we feel they
are necessary in order to increase the variety of cards seen at all
levels of play, with the goal of making Hearthstone a more fun and
interactive game for everyone.